Lu Yuan did not host a banquet for the quadruplets' one-month celebration.
When the triplets turned one month old, he invited close relatives to his home to celebrate, but this time he made no move.
Firstly, he now has many close friends, especially in the village, and everyone treats him warmly. It wouldn't be right to invite one person and not another.
Secondly, when you invite people over for dinner, they will definitely need to prepare gifts. Since it's quadruplets, you'll need to prepare four gifts, which will cost them more money.
Although they didn't host a banquet, they did manage to get two large wild boars for the team, and the whole village had a feast together, which was quite lively.
The excuses were readily available: it was right after the busy farming season, a time to celebrate the brigade's bumper harvest this year, and also a chance to give everyone some nourishment.
But everyone knew perfectly well that Lu Yuan had gotten those two wild boars to celebrate the quadruplets' one-month birthday.
On the threshing ground of the brigade.
Everyone brought their chairs and benches from home, making a total of eighty tables.
Normally, when people eat pork stew, they bring a bowl and a pair of chopsticks from home, line up to get their food, and then squat on the ground in groups of three or five to eat together.
But today is different. The brigade leader said that life in the brigade is better now, so even when we eat pork stew, we have to eat it with dignity.
Those who have large round tables at home should bring them over so everyone can sit at the table and eat.
Moreover, the brigade provided grain, steamed mixed flour buns and thick rice porridge, so everyone didn't need to prepare their own staple food.
Today's pork feast was turned into a continuous banquet, with everyone eating large chunks of meat and shouting loudly, creating a very lively scene.
The liveliest spot was Lu Yuan's table.
This table was full of their own family members: Lu Yuan and his wife, Gao Weishan and his wife, Mo Yitao and Mo Ziyang and his wife, plus Lu Xiaoqin and her brother, and Grandpa Liu, a total of ten adults.
There were four little kids standing next to them; the quadruplets and Gao Mingzhu were all being held by adults.
In other words, there are a total of 19 people at this table, of all ages.
But the excitement didn't come from those 19 people, but from the members of the brigade.
Previously, when people visited Lu Yuan's home, they hadn't seen the quadruplets. This time, Lu Yuan brought the quadruplets out, and everyone wanted to come and see them.
Therefore, their table was surrounded by people, all praising the quadruplets for their good looks and offering continuous congratulations.
One group of people left and another group arrived. This meal lasted for nearly three hours. In the end, the quadruplets and Aunt Mingzhu started crying because they were hungry, so they took the children home.
But Lu Yuan and Mo Ziyang stayed behind. After Wen Moxue and the others left, Yu Shaoheng, Xu Dong, Lu Yuanchao, Lu Jiefang, Sun Maodou, and He Shenghua immediately surrounded them.
Yu Shaoheng mysteriously pulled a bottle of wine from an inconspicuous cloth bag he was carrying, and everyone's eyes lit up, with Lu Yuan raising an eyebrow.
Wow, it's Moutai!
Without a word, everyone handed over the empty bowl, and Yu Shaoheng held the wine protectively to his chest.
"Go away, go away, how can you drink this wine from an earthen bowl?"
Lu Yuanchao chimed in, "If we don't use earthen bowls, are we supposed to take turns drinking from bottles?"
Everyone burst into laughter.
There were no other tools besides the bowl.
Yu Shaoheng snorted at him coldly, "I don't want to drink your saliva."
As he spoke, he rummaged through his tattered cloth bag and pulled out seven or eight small wine cups. They were really small wine cups, each probably only holding an ounce.
Everyone felt a toothache just looking at the tiny wine glass, which was barely bigger than their thumbs.
Who among the men of Northeast China uses these small wine cups when they drink?
Yu Shaoheng said, "I'm telling you, I only have this one bottle of good wine, and I can only give you this one cup."
He stole this bottle of wine when his father wasn't looking, and he also took a set of the old man's small wine glasses.
The old man now has many old friends at the nursing home. Those old men don't have any other hobbies; they just like to get together to drink tea, play chess, fish, and have a sip of wine.
The younger generation in the family knew they loved to drink and couldn't be stopped, so they bought small wine glasses to control the amount, limiting it to a maximum of one small glass each time.
Yu Shaoheng thought about the pork stew they were having today and wanted to have a drink with Lu Yuan and his brothers.
So when the old man wasn't looking, I took one of his good bottles of wine and this set of small wine glasses.
Everyone who saw the Moutai in Yu Shaoheng's hand couldn't help but swallow hard; even a sip was worth it!
Yu Shaoheng poured a cup for everyone, and there wasn't much left in the bottle. He carefully tightened the cap and put it back in the cloth bag.
"I'll save the rest for Xiao Fan. It's a pity he didn't come back for the pork stew today. I'll treat him to drinks next time he comes back."
Originally, everyone was planning to squander what little he had left, but after hearing what he said, they all gave up on that idea.
They also felt sorry for Xiao Fan's absence.
Seeing everyone sighing, Lu Yuan raised his glass and said loudly, "Come on, let's have a drink. There will be many more days to drink together in the future."
"Yes, come on, everyone, let's have a toast. Congratulations to A Yuan on the birth of his fourth son," Lu Jiefang said with a smile.
Congratulations, A Yuan!
Congratulations, Brother Yuan!
The others also raised their glasses and stood up.
"Congratulations to you too!" Lu Yuan was very happy.
He's only 23 this year, yet he's already a father of seven. It's unbelievable.
He felt that his life was complete, with his parents still alive, a loving husband and wife, and many children.
But he knew that the best was yet to come.
After happily finishing their meal, they went to a place not far from the cowshed, where Lu Yuanchao planned to build a house.
The foundation for the house has been laid and it's halfway built. Since we all had some free time today, we came over to help with the construction.
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